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Rich Avanzino
President, Maddie's Fund^®
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Vicki Smith
Executive Director, Utah Veterinary Medical Association
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MADDIE'S FUND AND THE UTAH VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CONCLUDE SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM

(Alameda, CA- July 2003) A one-year program to spay and neuter both feral cats and pets belonging to low-income Utah residents has come to a close. Maddie's Fund and the Utah Veterinary Medical Association (UVMA), administrator of the program, are pleased with the final number of surgeries performed:

Feral cats		Pets of low-income caregivers
Female: 2,404		Cats: 523
Male: 1,663		Dogs: 230
Total: 4,067		Total: 753

Grand Total - All Surgeries: 4,820

Thanks to $241,376 from Maddie's Fund, UVMA private practice veterinarians were able to offer spay/neuter surgery to Utah Medicaid recipients for $20 per dog and $10 per cat and surgeries for feral cats at $10. The program's target was 5,000 surgeries.